Saturday, September 7, 2024, marks 11 months since the war began in Gaza, following the Hamas terrorist attack. In addition to massacres, famine, epidemics and battles, the Palestinian territory has been reduced to almost nothing by Israeli bombs. Palestinian civilians live the horror on a daily basis. In total, at least 40,878 people have been killed in the enclave since the start of the war. Testimony of Asma, a Gazan, collected from Jerusalem.
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With our correspondent in Jerusalem, Sami Boukhelifa
The band of Gaza is besieged by the Israeli army: entry or exit from the enclave is prohibited. The population is trapped, crushed by the Israeli war machine whose stated objective is to ” Destroy Hamas ” at any cost.
” This makes (almost) a year that, every day, we die and suffer “, says Asma. And it’s been almost a year since Asma, formerly a French teacher, regularly tells RFI about his daily life. For almost a year, it has been the same fear, the same worries, the same anxieties, destruction, death. And nothing changes “, laments the young woman.
“(It’s as if) We were not human beings. Everyone turns a blind eye. It’s a fool’s game. [Le Premier ministre israélien Benyamin] Netanyahu, Israel and the United States does whatever it wants. »
Because although Washington condemns the massacre of the population in Gaza, the UNITED STATES remain the main supplier of arms to the Hebrew state. This war takes lives, kills hope and aspirations “, confides Asma.
” We have all forgotten the Palestinian cause, Jerusalem, Palestine, al-Aqsa. Currently, what we are doing is only looking for water, food and medicine. “, she continues. In addition to the fate of Gaza, Asma is also concerned about the Palestinian territories of Occupied West Bank.
This week has been marked by a large-scale Israeli military operation. Three Palestinian cities – Jenin, Tubas and Tulkarem – have been devastated. Some forty people – including eight children – have been killed, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry.
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